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The 'spiky' Essex girl who became a superstar: How Dame Maggie Smith starred alongside Laurence Olivier in Othello, won first of two Oscars in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and was cherished by younger fans for Harry Potter role
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September 27, 2024
As Desdemona in Othello, Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter or the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey , her acerbic wit, perfect timing and the twinkle in her eye endeared her to millions. Dame Maggie Smith , who has died just three months away from her 90th birthday, could turn on a dime. In doing so, she could make an audience ache with laughter one moment and well up the next. Above: Dame Maggie in 1969 film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (left); as Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter (right); with second husband Beverley Cross.
As Empire Strikes Back and A Passage To India actor Michael Culver dies at 85: Fans heap praise on his 'unfortable' talent
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March 13, 2024
Michael Culver, a British actor best known for his cameo appearance in the epic science fiction epic The Empire Strikes Back, has died at the age of 85. Culver's death was announced by his handler on Wednesday, the actor's illness had lasted for a long time. His cause of death has not been identified.
In any of the stories, did Sherlock Holmes have a deertalker?
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January 25, 2024
ANSWERS: ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Holmes' iconic photograph of him sporting his deerstalker cap and Inverness cape came from artist Sidney Paget's illustrations (1860-1908). In 1891, the short story A Scandal In Bohemia became the first of 24 stories in The Strand magazine and illustrated by Paget. These adventures will be published in book form as The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes.